Tag Archives: photo

through a computer darkly

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Another past-time of mine is family genealogy. For over forty years now I have traced ancestors diligently. The other day the society received an email from the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) announcing its free online series for this month … Continue reading →

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come to CAPA

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Taking a breather from historical topics, we move on to modern day photos at CAPA. For many years, the Canadian Association of Photographic Art (CAPA) has been a member of the PHSC. The association is a collection camera clubs, … Continue reading →

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brass monkey time

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. On January 8th, the Insauga website had an interesting article by Don Redmond titled, “Can Niagara Falls ever fully freeze over?“. Ignore the many, many ads and instead read the words and see the photos. We had a speaker … Continue reading →

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self portrait

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. Self portraits or selfies are simple today with the ubiquitous front facing smart phone camera. Before that, a self timer allowed self portraits with  tripod mounted cameras. But how can you capture something that is over in the blink … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas 2022

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Robert
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’twas the night …

Posted on December 24, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. … before Christmas … as Clement Moore  said in his popular Christmas tale first published in 1823. I didn’t have a decent mouse shot so these hamsters in a Dektol tin will have to do. I took this photo at … Continue reading →

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Christmas a century ago

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. Our erstwhile historian and good friend, George Dunbar, discovered this photo from the LAC in ‘The Lake Report‘ and shared it with us. It shows the two sides in WW1 taking a break and celebrating Christmas together. One soldier … Continue reading →

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Edward and the Giant Camera

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. Edward Weston was an iconic American photographer. In 1973 Aperture printed a massive coffee table size book called, “Edward Weston: Fifty Years” with many of his famous prints plus a biography by Ben Maddox. You may be able to … Continue reading →

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bowl on

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. Here’s one way to take a neat video of a bowling strike. The technique can be used in other sports too. George Dunbar, a retired cameraman for IBM here in the Big Smoke, used this technique (totally unrelated to … Continue reading →

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she’s baaack!

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. I did a post back on June 2nd noting that the iconic Sunday Antique Market in St Lawrence Hall was closing. I saw in the November 10 Etobicoke Guardian (the local free rag) that Marlene Cook was reopening her … Continue reading →

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